Ruler · 1864 – 1943

Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah

Lived 1864 – 1943. Sultan of Kedah of Kedah Sultanate, 1881 – 1943.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1864 – 1943; 79 years
In office: 62 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kedah Sultanate
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of Kedah

Kedah Sultanate · the 27th of 27 dated reigns · 1136 – 1943

23 before

Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah I of Kedah1843 – 1854

Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah of Kedah1854 – 1879

Zainal Rashid Mu'adzam Shah II of Kedah1879 – 1881

Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah1881 – 1943

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1881 – 1943 · 62 years · came to it aged 17

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1943, the year they died

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